A collection of essays examining the economic and political status of rural communities in Swaziland. Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique and Lesotho. 268pp, notes, tables, maps, x, 268pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS, 1868882268

A study based on National surveys of the movement of skilled people in Southern Africa. Looks at the perspectives and experiences of emigration and challenges long held beliefs about the Southern African 'Brain Drain'. Index, apps, tables, figs, 400pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTHERN AFRICAN MIGRATION PROJECT, 0798301481

Globally, there is evidence of the feminization of migrant flows, with women increasingly migrating as independent migrants in their own right. Female migrants maintain strong ties to family members in their home countries. These include significant flows of remittances, of both cash and goods, sent to family members at home. Southern Africa has a long history of cross-border migration and associated flows of remittances. Although cross-border economic migration in the region has been dominated by male migrant labour to the South African mining industry, women have also engaged in movement across the regions borders for purposes of seeking work. Evidence suggests that female migration in the region, especially to South Africa, has increased significantly over the past 10-15 years. Little is known about the nature of migrant women's remittances and their impact on the households that receive them, nor about the changing patterns of male and female migration over the past decade. 60pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

This study of xenophobia and how it both exploits and excludes is an incisive commentary on a globalizing world and its consequences for ordinary people's lives. Using the examples of Sub-Saharan Africa's two most economically successful nations, it meticulously documents the fate of immigrants and the new politics of insiders and outsiders. As globalization becomes a palpable reality in the bodies of people in transit, citizenship, sociality and belonging are subjected to stresses to which few societies have devised a civil response beyond yet more controls. The latter in turn are subverted and nullified, so that, as in Botswana and South Africa, a world is developing where conflict and flux underlie a superficial global progress. Index, bib, notes, 273pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

Examines the extent to which recent poverty reduction strategies and policy in Southern Africa reflect the current understanding of migration and its dynamics. The analysis also provides some insight into the prevailing assumptions about migration and development of regional organisations, governments and donors that have shaped poverty reduction strategies in the sub-region. 140pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

Explores the historical and contemporary dynamics of labour markets and migration in Southern Africa. The central concern of all the contributions is the growing population in a series of contracting labour markets leading to economic crisis. This process is accentuated by globalization and structural adjustment, although it is inextricably linked to inter- and intra-state migrations in the region. Tables, 302pp, ZIMBABWE. SAPES, 1779051190

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The states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have committed themselves to increased regional cooperation and integration. This study collates information on national immigration legislation into a single region-wide publication. It is divided thematically into chapters surveying citizenship and registration laws in the SADC, migration and immigration legislation and policies, and refugee protection and immigration controls. The report identifies points of similarity and difference in national immigration law between SADC member states, and investigates the possibilities for harmonisation of national immigration. 158pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

Argues that harmonisation is much more feasible than is commonly believed, but member states need to reflect on the objectives and purpose of harmonisation and, based on the outcomes of such reflections, they should critically think about the systems to put in place to achieve their objectives. 52pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.